Tales from the sausage factory

Today sees the release of my new book Inside the Sausage Factory: The Illusion of Evidence-Based Policy-Making . The title is a reference to something Bismarck supposedly said about law-making. It can be a messy process, but it is supposed to be ‘evidence-based’ these days, especially in areas like public health. The book looks at four campaigns for “public health” policies in Britain in the…